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Create a Persistent Storage if you don't have one already.
 
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Choose **Apps ▸ Tails ▸ Persistent Storage** to open the Persistent Storage settings.
 
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To install *Thunderbird* as additional software:
 
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By installing *Thunderbird* as additional software, the latest version of *Thunderbird* is installed automatically from your Persistent Storage each time you start Tails.
 
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A new version of *Thunderbird* is released in Debian shortly after each Tails release, because both *Tails* and *Thunderbird* follow the [[release calendar of *Firefox*|https://whattrainisitnow.com/calendar/]]. As a consequence, until Tails 7.5 (February 2026), the version of *Thunderbird* in Tails was almost always outdated, with known security vulnerabilities.
 
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You can install *Thunderbird* as [[additional software|persistent_storage/additional_software]].
 
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*Thunderbird* is no longer included by default since Tails 7.8 (May 2026).
 
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Installing *Thunderbird* as additional software
 
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We recommend using [[*Thunderbird*|https://www.thunderbird.net/]] in Tails for:
 
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The email, feeds, and OpenPGP keys in the [[*Thunderbird* email client|doc/anonymous_internet/thunderbird]] are saved in the Persistent Storage.
 
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Tails automatically adds the [[*Thunderbird* email client|doc/anonymous_internet/thunderbird]] to your list of [[additional software|persistent_storage/additional_software]].
 
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When the Thunderbird Email Client feature is turned on:
 
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[[Emailing and reading news with Thunderbird|doc/anonymous_internet/thunderbird]]
 
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[*Thunderbird*](https://www.thunderbird.net/), an email client with support for OpenPGP and RSS and Atom news feeds
 
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Tails also tries to install as additional software the language package that corresponds to the language of your first session with Tails 7.5 or later, if it exists. To use *Thunderbird* in another language, see [[using *Thunderbird* in another language|thunderbird#language]].
 
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